Race and Remembrance in Hank’s Alabama Hometown

Buried Truths

WABE

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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In February 2020, Hank Klibanoff was invited back to his hometown of Florence, Alabama for a live community event. It got him thinking about growing up in a state that was notorious for its civil rights abuses. Hank’s recollection of his childhood in the 1950’s and 60’s is that Florence seemed to be more progressive than the rest of Alabama. But… was it really?

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0:00.0	This new year, LifeKit wants to help you succeed, because everyone needs a little help being human.
0:05.4	It can seem so overwhelming, you're not alone.
0:08.2	Who can I commit to being?
0:10.0	If you want to do something, then just do it.
0:12.1	Let's take that first step.
0:13.2	Great advice every week.
0:14.7	Listen to LifeKit from NPR.
0:22.3	This is Barry Trusep. I'm Hank Clibbenoff.
0:25.2	I received an email one day from the library in my hometown, Florence, Alabama.
0:30.8	Oh boy, I thought.
0:33.0	They're finally catching up with me.
0:35.4	They're looking for that biography of Hank Aaron.
0:38.0	I checked out in elementary school and never returned.
0:41.1	But the email was actually a lovely invitation to bring Barry Truse to town, my hometown,
0:48.4	and record an episode there.
0:50.8	I kind of like that idea.
0:52.8	As I chat with the library folks, I mentioned something that's often been on my mind
0:59.2	in the many years since I left Florence for college and career.
1:03.2	It was something that started as an observation, actually a memory
1:08.4	that I really couldn't swear was true, and which became a theory that I couldn't prove.
1:14.4	On this special episode recorded before a live audience
1:18.3	at the Florence Lauderdale Public Library,
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